Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Network Architect
West London > Hillingdon

The median Network Architect daily rate in Hillingdon is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 19.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £518 - -
West London median daily rate £450 - £700

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hillingdon with a recognized job title 58 36 92
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.32% 97.30% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 30 68
10th Percentile £292 £233 £190
25th Percentile £350 £268 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.42%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £600
90th Percentile £509 £588 £650
West London median daily rate £450 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £19.21 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £100.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -79.18% +471.43% -61.11%
75th Percentile £21.46 - £19.50
90th Percentile £34.11 - £19.95
West London median hourly rate £25.08 £24.90 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.70% -52.57% +16.67%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Hillingdon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Hillingdon

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in Hillingdon

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Uxbridge - 8 £425 -
Stockley Park - 7 £450 -
Network Architect
West London

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hillingdon region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
1 15 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 13 (86.67%) LAN
2 13 (86.67%) SD-WAN
2 13 (86.67%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
4 7 (46.67%) Network Design
4 7 (46.67%) WAN
5 4 (26.67%) VPN
5 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 2 (13.33%) B2B
6 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Juniper
6 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) Network Security
6 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 13 (86.67%) LAN
2 13 (86.67%) SD-WAN
2 13 (86.67%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (46.67%) WAN
4 4 (26.67%) VPN
5 2 (13.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Network Design
2 2 (13.33%) B2B
2 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Juniper
3 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto